NWA: TNA Roster

[Pepsi Man]

"Downsizing" your roster has no advantage other than the saving of money. The more guys you have, the more stuff you have to throw out there, and the more backup you have if someone gets injured or whatever. Remember, they are still going to have monthly Pay-Per-Views, probably three hours in length.

Back in the day, the WWF had quite a number of superstars and primarily relied on the one hour show known as Monday Night Raw for television exposure.

[Mr. JL]

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man "Downsizing" your roster has no advantage other than the saving of money. The more guys you have, the more stuff you have to throw out there, and the more backup you have if someone gets injured or whatever. Remember, they are still going to have monthly Pay-Per-Views, probably three hours in length. Back in the day, the WWF had quite a number of superstars and primarily relied on the one hour show known as Monday Night Raw for television exposure.

I can see your point but I believe it is going to be very difficult to set up feuds, have matches/promos that would allow you to properly build up 3 hours worth of quality matches on Pay Per View, when you only have a window of 45 minutes to do it in.

[Pepsi Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. JL I can see your point but I believe it is going to be very difficult to set up feuds, have matches/promos that would allow you to properly build up 3 hours worth of quality matches on Pay Per View, when you only have a window of 45 minutes to do it in.

No doubt it'll be tough, but this is a step up for NWATNA.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man "Downsizing" your roster has no advantage other than the saving of money. The more guys you have, the more stuff you have to throw out there, and the more backup you have if someone gets injured or whatever. Remember, they are still going to have monthly Pay-Per-Views, probably three hours in length. Back in the day, the WWF had quite a number of superstars and primarily relied on the one hour show known as Monday Night Raw for television exposure.

Yeah, but times change.

They now have to compete with over 6 hours a week of WWE programming in various forms. The benchmark over the last few years has been 2 hours, and they're getting as much TV as the wrapup shows.

[Pepsi Man]

Originally Posted by Kane Knight Yeah, but times change. They now have to compete with over 6 hours a week of WWE programming in various forms. The benchmark over the last few years has been 2 hours, and they're getting as much TV as the wrapup shows.

No, they don't have to compete against the WWE. Competing against the WWE at this juncture would be stupid. NWATNA needs to focus on NWATNA. They can build a fanbase if they do this right. An hour a week is TONS of time compared to zero hours a week.

[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man No, they don't have to compete against the WWE. Competing against the WWE at this juncture would be stupid. NWATNA needs to focus on NWATNA. They can build a fanbase if they do this right. An hour a week is TONS of time compared to zero hours a week.

Believe me, they are,a nd have to compete with the WWE.

People have certain expectations based on what the WWE produces every week, 9 hours per week. If TNA doesn't look and feel like the WWE, the people wont watch because it will come off as minor league.

Look at the ratings of Velocity and Heat, those shows come off as minor league to RAW and SD, and as a result they do 1/5 the ratings. TNA will likely come off as minor league compared to Heat and Velocity, so imagine how low their ratings will be?

Squash matches in this day and age wont work. Again, people expect to see star vs star matches, and anything else will be ignored. For TNA to make this to work, they need to get as many eyeballs on the free Tv to drive the weekly PPVs. If you make the TV show forgettable people will ignore it, and then the PPVs wont go up, and then TNA will be out of business.

Its an ass backwards plan, but they cant produce seocnd rate television and expect people to keep coming back.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man No, they don't have to compete against the WWE. Competing against the WWE at this juncture would be stupid. NWATNA needs to focus on NWATNA. They can build a fanbase if they do this right. An hour a week is TONS of time compared to zero hours a week.

Don't be an idiot. They're competition by default. The only way not to compete is to not be a pro wrestling organisation.